If it was a Roe kid and born this late !! it probably won't survive the winter.
I am not sure a Roe would carry this late, that would indicate that she was very heavily pregnant during the rut !!!
Got a nice video from last week of a small very spotty roe fawn at heel, plus two others still very much in the spotty phase and only a little bigger, but happy to be loitering way behind 'mum' - for interest how old are they when they lose the spots?
I would guess the one that i saw was about 2 weeks old. They generally loose their spots - slowly - at about 4-5 weeks. I will watch the progress of this fawn but fear it may become casualty to the many deer unfriendly ditches in the does territory. I saw my first fawn of the year in late April, giving a four month span between fawns. As with my earlier posting, it will be interesting to see if a mini rut occurs - with cast bucks possibly being involved.
First winter survival is dependant on achieving a certain body weight, before the onset of winter
60% of adult body weight for males and 65% for females.
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